Look Out for Good Excuses

Applications from 1 Kings

THE STORY: 1 KINGS 12:25-33

Rehoboam tried everything besides going to war to stop the kingdom from dividing. Finally, God tells him to stop and he stops.

Jeroboam is in a place of insecurity. He is afraid the people will go to Jerusalem to Worship and will side with Rehoboam and come back and kill him. He concludes that it is just too far for the people to travel to Jerusalem to worship God and he “re-designs” Israel’s religion. He set up golden idols for worship. He made those priests who weren’t to be priests. He altered the feasts. He kept the high places (where pagan gods were worshipped). All of this leaves Israel “mis-lead” into a place of sin.

The Application:

Look Out for Good Excuses, 1 Kings 12:28-29

Jeroboam found a really good excuse. The kingdom is divided and Jerusalem is all the way over in Judah. It is TOO MUCH to go all the way to Jerusalem!